Chapter 13: The Troubles of Happiness

Regardless of whether Li Qingshan can start or not, CCTV also arranged a live broadcast of this Copa del Rey. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoFor Chinese media, as long as there are teams with Chinese players, it is natural to prioritize live broadcasts.

"Although Li Qingshan scored crazy goals in the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League, he still needs to prove his strength in La Liga and the top five European leagues."

Before the start of the game, Duan Xuan and Xu Yang, the old pair, had already started chatting.

"According to the starting information we got, Li Qingshan really lived up to expectations in this game and was placed in the starting position." Xu Yang said.

'Coming off the bench in the first game and starting in the second game was a bit uncomfortable for us. It feels so smooth, haha. Duan Xuan said jokingly.

It is indeed the same, in the past, Chinese players stayed abroad, where there was such a smooth Li Qingshan, most of them could not enter the squad for several consecutive games, and then domestic fans looked forward to them being placed in the squad. When I was finally able to be on the game list in some unimportant games, I was looking forward to whether I could have a chance to play. Even if he came on the court at the last moment of the game and was able to touch the ball, he could be commented by the Chinese media as "this is XXX's first touch of the ball in the game." ”

As for Li Qingshan, he seems to be particularly smooth in Atletico Madrid, on the fourth day of Atletico Madrid, he came on as a substitute in the game and scored a goal. Four days later, he started the second game. Not to mention Duan Xuan in this rhythm, even the fans are not too adaptable.

After Li Qingshan signed with Atletico Madrid, some fans will worry about whether Li Qingshan can withstand the pressure of staying in the team, whether he can withstand the pressure and find opportunities in the competition with big-name players such as Diego Costa and Villa.

Na Cheng thought that these worries of theirs were in vain.

For Li Qingshan, he didn't feel any pressure at all. He even defeated Bayern, what else is he afraid of?

Before coming to Atletico, Raiola analysed Atletico Madrid's form with him. Basically, his rivals are Villa and Costa, but Atletico Madrid is a third-tier player, these two can't play all the games, and they can definitely get a decent amount of playing time, as long as they can seize the opportunity to play and score more goals, then it seems logical to squeeze out one of them to occupy the main position.

This comes from absolute confidence in one's own strength. Li Qingshan believes that his role on the field will definitely not be worse than that of Villa or Diego Costa!

No, in the first game he came, when the team needed to strengthen the attack, Simeone's first choice was himself. What does this mean? This suggests that he is at least the third pick in the forward position. All he needs to do is prove that he deserves to be a starting line-up in front of Simeone.

At this time, the TV screen began to switch to the Mestalla Stadium, and the players from both sides lined up and walked out of the players' tunnel.

In this game, Simeone made rotation adjustments on the three lines of forward, midfield, and back line. The goalkeeper was undoubtedly Thibaut Courtois, with Aldeveld given a chance to play at the back, while Godin, the main centre-back, was rested and did not even follow the team to the Mestalla. In midfield, Juanfran , Raul Garcia, Gabi and youngster Giravogui are paired with a combination of a regular substitute and an academy player, and the rotation is quite bold. On the forward line, it is naturally the partner of Li Qingshan and Diego Costa. Villa, on the other hand, was rested and did not make the squad for the tournament. The substitute striker sitting on the bench was Adrian.

Valencia coach Pic was a little more settled when he got the starting line-up for Atletico Madrid. At least the opponent was guessed by himself in the starter, which gave this game a good sign.

He put Mathieu in the central defender position, and in terms of height and confrontation, only Mathieu in Valencia looks like he can barely compete with Li Qingshan. He was still unsure about Mathieu's ability to keep Li Qingshan's header at bay, and he deployed another 86-kilogram Ricardo Costa at centre-back to assist Mathieu, noting the importance he attaches to defending Atletico Madrid's high balls.

So much so that when Li Qingshan stood in the middle circle and was about to kick off, he could still hear the coach of the other party shouting next to him.

It's just that Li Qingshan's Spanish is not very good, and he can barely hear some words like "high-altitude ball" and "pay attention to defense".

Presumably to get their defenders to pay attention to defending the high ball?

Li Qingshan guessed.

Sure enough, when the game started, Atletico Madrid found that Valencia's players were very limited to the space of Atletico Madrid players on the wing, and did not give them space to play the ball on the side at all.

Simeone made tactical arrangements for Valencia before the game, creating more opportunities for crosses from the side for Li Qingshan to compete for the top. But now it seems that Valencia are very strict with Atletico Madrid's wide crosses.

After several attempts on the flanks but not finding space, Raul Garcia was ready to force a cross in the face of the opposition's pressing on the flank, and even if it touched a defender, he could create a corner or something.

However, Raul Garcia's forced cross hit Guardado did not pop off the line, but was picked up by goalkeeper Guaita after slowing down.

Guaita threw the ball in hand, but in the face of Atletico Madrid's almost suffocating midfield, Valencia could not pass a few shots before Atletico Madrid regained possession.

This is the style of Simeone's team, covering almost every inch of the pitch defensively, creating huge pressure on opponents through physical scrambling and tough physical confrontations.

After Atletico Madrid regained possession, Gabi received the ball on the flank, and he did not pass the ball near the baseline again, but made a cross at 45 degrees.

Valencia was facing a big enemy in the penalty area, and their four defenders and two midfielders all retracted into the penalty area, ready to use their numerical advantage to encircle Li Qingshan.

However, Gabi only made a feint, and with a flick of his ankle, he swept the ball to the edge of the box, where the gap was released as both midfielders retreated into the box.

Li Qingshan, who was originally rushing to the top of the penalty area, suddenly changed direction and withdrew from the penalty area, catching the defenders off guard.

By the time they reflected, Li Qingshan had already adjusted his pace and picked up his thighs outside the penalty area.

"Li Qingshan shoots!!"

The ball drew a white line in the air, and the ball was so fast that goalkeeper Guaita didn't have time to react, and the ball flew into the goal!

Valencia's defender feels a little crazy at the moment, the head coach has been emphasizing before the game that it is necessary to guard against Li Qingshan's header, and the data presented by the coach is also quite convincing, the opponent is tall, and most of the goals last season were headers, and when the opponent was ready to cross, the side naturally had to gather the advantage of numbers to defend.

But Li Qingshan suddenly ran out of the penalty area and came with a long shot.

This doesn't play according to the routine......

Even Valencia head coach Pich was quite helpless about this goal, and his pre-match preparations were arranged around the opponent's header threat, and the game during this period also showed that Atletico Madrid really wanted to play Li Qingshan's header advantage through a wide cross in this game.

When he saw Atletico Madrid's cross from the wing, he was quite proud. He should be one step higher than Simeone in terms of tactical arrangement.

But the situation on the field suddenly changed, and the opponent's big center suddenly threw the ball outside the penalty area and turned around, which was directly a heavy cannon hit the goal, which caught everyone off guard........ He can't even blame the players on the pitch because it's all a tactic he has arranged.

"In less than five minutes of the opening game, Li Qingshan's long-range shot from outside the penalty area blasted Valencia's goal! Since landing in La Liga, Li Qingshan has scored in two consecutive games, and his goal efficiency in the Chinese Super League seems to have no effect at all in La Liga. And this is another long-range goal, from the last time he faced Bayern, Li Qingshan had blasted Neuer's goal with a groundbreaking long-range shot, this time he consciously withdrew from the penalty area and came with a long-range shot. It seems that the quality of his long-range shots is quite reliable, Li Qingshan's progress over the past year is very obvious, and now, he is not just a striker who can only rely on headers! He is also very dangerous from distance outside the box now. Duan Xuan said.

After conceding the first goal, all of Valencia's tactical set-up was shattered. If they don't want to lose at home, they have to step up their attack.

However, this season's Valencia's tactical organization was very loose, and Pich took over in a hurry, and he did not have time to complete the transformation of Valencia.

Li Qingshan's goal in the opening less than five minutes made the game a game for the team.

After that, the game was easy to play.

In the 16th minute of the game, Atletico Madrid launched a counterattack directly after the ball broke in the midfield, Gabi found Diego Costa, and Costa fired a low shot without stopping the ball in the penalty area, almost breaking Valencia's goal.

In the case of continuous threats in the goal, Valencia did not dare to continue to press the attack rashly.

In the 45th minute, Gabi midfielder crossed diagonally into the box from the left, Diego Costa was unguarded but stopped the ball wrongly, and the ball was cut off by Mathieu, and then the first half ended.

As soon as the second half began, Valencia was ready to launch a wave of attacks. In the 48th minute, Guardado passed diagonally from the left side to the middle of the penalty area, and Miranda's clearance almost set himself up for an own goal!

Valencia then took a corner and didn't threaten.

In the seventy-first minute of the game, Atletico Madrid won a corner kick opportunity. When Li Qingshan jumped high and headed the ball into the goal, surrounded by a number of defenders, the Valencia manager sat down in the dugout.

At this point, the suspense of the game has been lost.

Even in the 90th minute of the game, Valencia relied on Postiga to grab a point in the middle, but Atletico Madrid still won a 2-1 victory at the Mestalla Stadium, laying the foundation for the victory of the two-legged Copa del Rey match.

Li Qingshan scored twice in his second game for Atletico Madrid, showing a super high goal efficiency.

After seeing Li Qingshan score the second goal with his head, Simeone was already thinking about the starting options of Li Qingshan, Diego Costa and Villa.

These three are such good strikers, which two people should be chosen to start?

Simone fell into blissful troubles.